Problems with large numbers of files in batch mode

[Jabber]

I am asking for tags "XMP:Description", "Keywords", "XMP:Subject", and "XMP:Identifier" with -n in batch mode and it seems to be choking on directories with thousands of files.

This is on Windows, using the pyexiftool wrapper (which calls the executable). Is this a limitation or am I doing something wrong?

[StarGeek]

We wouldn't know about anything in regard to the pyexiftool wrapper, as that was created by someone else. I believe the sylikc/pyexiftool fork is the one currently maintained.

I've run a single exiftool command on the command line, in which exiftool read over 100k files. There's never been a problem for me doing this.

Try running the command on the command line first. You might also check any antivirus program to see if that is causing a problem. It's been a long time since that has happened but things change.

[Jabber]

We wouldn't know about anything in regard to the pyexiftool wrapper, as that was created by someone else. I believe the sylikc/pyexiftool fork is the one currently maintained.

I've run a single exiftool command on the command line, in which exiftool read over 100k files. There's never been a problem for me doing this.

Try running the command on the command line first. You might also check any antivirus program to see if that is causing a problem. It's been a long time since that has happened but things change.

Thanks, will check as you suggested.

[StarGeek]

For what it's worth, I ran this command on a directory with 56k files
exiftool -G1 -a -s -XMP:Description -Keywords -XMP:Subject -XMP:Identifier -n -r DIR

The timed result

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56199 image files read
command took 0:23:21.69 (1401.69s total)